Many viewers missed the sing-off between Tamera Foster and Luke Friend because of the problems (Picture: ITV)

X Factor viewers tuning in to see who was voted off the ITV show have complained that the programme cut out before they could find out who left the competition.

Thousands of viewers took to Twitter to say the same thing – that ITV had ‘broken’ just as it was being announced who was in danger of leaving the talent show.

Technical problems apparently arose for some at the point when it was revealed that Tamera Foster and Luke Friend were in the bottom two and issues continued until the end of the programme, when Tamera was sent home by the judges.

ITV admitted there had been a problem and said it was trying to fix the issue (Picture: Twitter)

As frustrated viewers took to Twitter to ask if others were experiencing similar difficulties, ‘Has ITV’ began trending on the social media site.

‘Has ITV just broken for anyone else?? I can’t watch X Factor!’ wrote one viewer.

‘Has ITV pulled the plug on X Factor? It’s not working for me…’ said another.

In fact, the problems were across ITV1 and ITV2, with ITV taking to Twitter to confirm that there were issues and promising to get the signal working again as soon as possible.

Whilst some viewers were reconnected in time to hear that next week’s X Factor theme was going to be ‘Elton John versus Beyonce’, countless others continued to experience problems as they tried to watch I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! which followed immediately after The X Factor.